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No. 688,962. Patented Dec. I7, I90I.

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FENDER FOR VEHICLES.

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ffl-5 Nrrnn rains WILLIAM A. MCGUIRE,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FENDER FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters `Patent No. 688,962, datedDecember 17, 1 901.

Application led February 1, 1901. Serial No. 45,589. (No model.)

Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and usefulImprovementsin Fenders for Vehicles, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanyingdraw-v ings.

My invention relates to improvements in fenders to be attached tovehicles, and is designed more particularly for use in connection withstreet-ears.

It has for its objects to provide a construetion that will permit thefender to give or yield backward to some extent when it is drivenagainst a person or other object, and thereby lessen the shock and alsolessen the liabilityT of damage to t-he object struck, as well as to thefender itself, to provide iniproved means for permitting the fender tobe readily and quickly forced down from its normal position to itslowermostposition, so as to more effectively and certainly pick up aperson or other object in the way of the car, to provide means forsupporting the fender beneath the floor of the vehicle when it is notdesired to use the same, to provide simple and eective locking vmeansfor holding the fender securely in place in both its operative positionin front of the vehicle and its inoperative position beneath the door,and to improve generally the construction and operation of devices ofthis character, all of which objects I accomplish, as illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation showing the fenderattached to one end of a car. Fig. 2 is a front elevation. Fig. 3 is adetail, being a side elevation of the means employed for attaching thefender asawhole to the car-body. Fig. et. is a longitudinal sectiontaken through the parts shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a cross-section takenat line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail, being a top View of a portionof one of the rails and the slide that is supported thereby and movesthereon. Fig. 7 is a horizontal section at line 7 7 of Fig. 3. Fig. 8 isa vertical section at line 8 8 of Fig. 3. Fig. 9 is a vertical sectionat line 0 9 of Fig. 3, and Fig.

l0 is a front elevation of the fender-operating devices.

Referring to the drawings, l1 12 indicatea fender, the two parts beingsuitably hinged together, so that the part 12 maybe folded over onto thepart 1l, in order that the fender as a whole may be moved beneath thecar out of operative position, as hereinafter described. Each part ofthe fender is preferably composed of rods or bars suitably curved andconnected together, substantially as shown. The part 11 is theforwardly-projeeting portion that is adapted to strike against andreceive upon it a person or other object that maybe in the lincoftrav'elof the car. It is provided with shoes 1l, that come in contactwith the car-track or the roadway when the fender is forced into itslowest position. The part 12 is hinged to the part 11 at 13 and inclinesbackward against the front of the car, to which it is removably securedby a suitable catch or catches 14.

At the end of the car, at each side thereof, there is secured to theunderside a longitudinally-arranged track 15, upon which a suitableslide is adapted to be moved back and forth. In the form of constructionshown the track referred to is formed with oppositelyprojecting lateralflanges 16, and the slide 17, adapted for use with this form of track,eX- tends across the under face of the track, and in its upwardlyextending side walls has formed grooves 1S, into which project the anges16 of the track 15. From the lower face of each slide 17 dependsabracket formed of two oppositely-loeated walls 19 and 20, between whiehis a head 2l, to which the rear portion of the part 11 of thefender isrigidly secured, this head, in effect, thus forming a portion of thefender. This head 21 is pivotally connected to the slide 17, near theforward end thereof, by a pin 22 and has a limited vertical play betweenthe walls 19 and 20, the amount of such play being controlled by across-piece 2-3, secured in such head, with its ends projecting intocurved slots 234 in the Walls 19 and 20. 25 indicates a socket formed atthe rear of the head, in which socket is a coiled spring 2G, that bearsagainstthe slide 17, the effect being to hold the part ,11 ofthe fenderraised properly above the surface of thc ground.

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27 indicates a latch pivoted at 28 on the outer face of the wall 1S).'lhe acting faces of the latch at its end are inclined, as shown, t0adapt it to automatically engage a catch having also an inclined facewhenever the slide is moved to the limit of its travel in eitherdirection. .Two of such catches are to be provided, one to hold theslide and its attached parts so as to present the fender in an operativeposition and one to hold it beneath the car when the slide is pushedback. The forward catch is indicated by 29 and is the one for holdingthe parts so as to present thefender in operative position. lt isfastened to the frame of the car and depends so that as the slide ispushed forward the latch 27 will engage it, as will be readilyunderstood. The latch is held in position for effecting such engagementby a stop 30. Vhen the slide is to be pushed back, so as to carry thefender beneath the car, the latch 27 is to be turned by hand on itspivot 28. It will when so turned strike against; another and lsimilarstop, (indicated by 31,) and, as indi cated in dotted lilies in Fig. 3,be there held in position to engage another catch 29L (see Fig. 1) whenthe slide has been pushed in to the limit of its rearward movement.

32 indicates an arm formed with or connected tothe head 2l and extendingforward therefrom, upon which arm pressure is to be applied, by themeans about to be described, for overcoming the pressure of the spring26 and lowering the forward end of the part 11 of the fender.

33 indicates a pair of rods` extending across the end of the car andbeneath the floor thereof. The inner ends of these rods overlap (seeFig. 10) and are provided with slots,

through which a bolt 35 enters, to which is connected anuprightfootpiece 36. Each rod 33-near its outer end is pivoted to adepending ear 37 and has at its outer end a link 38, that is connectedto a crank-shaft 39, which is suitably journaled beneath the track 15.On this crank-shaft directly over the arm 32 is secured a cam 40.

To enable the slides to move with less friction, I provide rollers atsuitable intervals, adapted to bear against the sides ofthe flanges 1Gofthe track 15. Such rollers are journaled on Vertical pins 41, therollers themselves being indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6.

In use the parts will be in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, theforward part 11 of the fender being raised above the surface of the roada short distance, as usual, so as to insure it from striking againstsmall objects or against the ground as the carsways in rapid motion. Itis eectnally held in this its normal position by the action of thecoiled spring 26. When, however, a person orother object is observed ina position liable to be struck by the car, the operator presses downupon the footpiece 36 and through the action of the rods 33 and theirattached links 38 and crank-shafts 39 forces the cams 40 against theirrespective arms 32. This causes the heads 21 to turn on their pivots 22,compressing the coiled springs 2G and, as willbe readily understood,forcing down the forward end of the part ll of the fender, so as toinsure such part: being close to the ground,and hence adapted to pick upwith the least damage the person or object struck. The rear part 12 ofthe fender acts to prevent the person or object struck from beinginjured by comingin contact with the lcar, and the effect of the coiledspring 26 is to greatly lessen the force of the shock when a person orother object is struck and picked up by the fender, and thus decreasinglthe liability to injury to the person or other object struck, as wellas to the fender itself.

When it is desired to remove the fender from use, the part 12 is to befolded down upon the part 1l and the latch 27 turned on its pivot 28until it contacts the stop 31. The fender as a whole is then pushed backbeneath the car, the slides 17 moving on their tracks 15. When thelimitof backward movement is reached, the latch 27, which is held in properposition by its stop 3l, will automatically engage the catch 29t andfirmly hold the device in place. Upon turning the latch forward againthe fender is again in condition to be pulled out in position for use,and when so pulled out itwill be firmly held by the automatic engagementof the latch with the forward catch 29.

By referenceto Fig. 1 the position occupied by the fender when weighteddown by aperson or other object struck bythe fender and depositedthereon is represented 'in dotted lines. From such dotted representationit will be seen that the head 21 of the fender turns on its pivot 22 andthat the rear part 12 of the fender turns at the same time slightly onits catch or catches 14:, so that such part 12 approaches more nearly avertical position than assumed by it under normal conditions. This rearpart 12 forms a support for the part 11,and a portion of the straincaused by a person or object falling onto the part 11 comes upon suchrear part 12. rlhe result of this construction is that the spring 26,carried by the head 21, is compressed gradually by the backward andupward movement of the part 11 when a weighty object is depositedthereon, and in consequence less damage is liable to be done both to theobject deposited on the fender and to the fender itself and the partsconnected therewith.

The position assumed by the fender when pushed back beneath the car isalso represented in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and from such representationit will be observed that a con siderable space is left between the underside of the car and the fender, which is quite important, as it permitsthe attachment of the fender to a car without disturbing or contactingwith any of the ordinary and usual appliances that are necessarilyconnected to the under side of a car. This lowered posi- ICO tion of thefender when beneath the car is due to the fact that its part 1l isrigidly secured to the downwardly extending and curved head portion 2l,which has but a very limited movement on its pivot 22, and that movementis restrained by the spring 26,which acts to hold the fender in positionas well when it is beneath the car as when it is extended in positionfor use.

That which I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

1. The combination with a vehicle,of a track attached thereto, a slideadapted to move on said track, a fenderhavinga head portion pivotallyattached to the slide, a socket in said head portion in rear of the saidpivotal c onnection, and a coiled spring in said socket adapted to bearagainst the said slide, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination with a vehicle,of a track attached thereto,a slidemovable on said track, a fender having a head portion pivotally attachedto the slide, a socket in said head portion, a coiled spring in saidsocket adapted to hold the forward end of the fender up from the ground,and a stoppfor limiting the movement of said head portion, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination with a vehicle, of a track attached thereto, a slidemovable on said track,

Y a fender having a head portion pivotally attached to the slide, aspring located in rear of said pivotal connection and bearing againstsaid head portion and said slide, and a stop for limiting the movementof said head portion, substantially as specified.

4. The combination with a vehicle, of a track attached thereto, aslidemovable on said track, a bracket formed of two Walls depending from saidslide, a fender having a head portion located betwecn said walls andpivotally connected with said slide, a spring carried by said headportion and adapted to turn said head portion on its pivot to cause theforward end of said fender to be raised from the ground,

and a stop formed in or carried by said bracket to limit the movement ofsaid head portion, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination with a vehicle, of a track attached thereto, a slidemovable on said track and carrying a depending bracket, a fender havinga pivotal connection with said slide, a locking-latch pivoted to thesaid bracket, and a fixed catch arranged to be engaged by thelocking-latch, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. The combination with a Vehicle of a track carried thereby, a slidemovable on said track, a fender having a pivotal connection with saidslide, a reversible pi voted locking-latch carried by said slide, and afixed catch near each end of the track with which the locking-latch isadapted to engage, to hold the fender locked in either its operative orinoperative position, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

7. The combination with a vehicle, of a fender having a head portion, apivotal connection between said fender and vehicle, a coiled springcarried by said head portion and adapted to bear against the under sideof the vehicle, a forwardly-projecting arm on said head portion, andmeans adapted to be forced against said arm to turn said fender,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

8. The combination with a vehicle, of a fender having a head portion, apivotal connection between said fender and vehicle, an arm on said headportion projecting forward of said pivotal connection, a crank-shafta1'- ranged to bear upon said forwardly-projecting arm to depress thelatter and throw the fender into its lowermost position, and means forturning said crank-shaft, substantially as described.

WILLIAM A. MCGUIRE.

Witnesses:

J ULIA M. BRISTOL, A. 1-I. ADAMS.

